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My first visit to this beat. It looked very 'fishy' at first glance and didn't disappoint with plenty of fish showing throughout the day. Several of the grayling were over 12" (mostly cock fish) and the best trout was a chunky 16". Two of the salmon parr 'others' were caught on the same cast. All fish came to a team of 3 nymphs, some weighted, some not, with a definite preference for a touch of red in them (red tag, Hancock's pet) but olive spiders were also taken. There was a big hatch of flies from 5-6pm that the fish mostly ignored at the surface but after 7pm, with fewer flies apparent, there was considerable surface activity. I probably should have changed to drys then but with fish regularly taking the unweighted nymphs I didn't bother.

5 Trout, 22 Grayling, 5 Other

Two grayling caught on a wet fly and released, both about 1lb.
River conditions very good and where the bank had been cleared it made access much easier.
It would be helpful to be able to see beat maps before booking the beat, it is only the fact that we know this part of the river that made it relatively easy to decide where to fish.

2 Trout

Pulled even more himalayan balsam there seems no end of the bloody stuff

4 Barbel, 7 Chub

1 trout on green copper john nymph fished under green klinkhammer, 2 fish on small black spider
2 of fish around 3/4 lb and 1 about 4 ozs IC

3 Trout

Only had couple of hours fishing on this stunning beat. Caught a couple of trout. Fished the hotspots with flying c. A Salmon showed off the wayward willow lie enjoyed spinning the Llangoed pool & the rapids below. Couple of fish showing in the Llangoed pool. Will defo fish this beat again hopefully for the day with the fly rod.

2 Trout

A lovely day. 4 caught up to 6". All caught on nymphs.

4 Trout

Beautiful day on beautiful water. Excellent beats, well managed and maintained. A nice catch of barbel and chub, with a couple of ten pounders. Highly recommended. Lots of grilse bouncing through, and a few coloured up residents on show. Millstone was full of grilse.

Water quite low & limited amount of water fishable with the fly. Nothing seen nor touched unfortunately.

Water quite low & only 40 metres of fly fishing in truth. One fish of about 14lbs. & coloured on for 30 seconds or so. One other 'knock'. Nothing else seen.

Very difficult fishing, not a lot of action on the water
first few small (about 15 cm) trouts on a nymh, late on the evening 3 on a dry fly

7 Trout